Flashback

In one of the rooms inside Bakorio's secret base.

"Tell me what are you planning, otherwise I can't sit still and do nothing with someone like Isshiki lurking in the dark and slowly recovering his strength... We need to strike him now that he didn't find a suitable vessel yet" Kaguya asked Bakorio sternly after hearing about the capture of his true clone and the person behind it.

Seeing that there was no way out of this without being honest, Bakorio shrugged slightly before he said "Well… my plan is simple, you told me before that the reason the Otsutsuki are immortal is because they perfected a technique that allows their souls to reincarnate in a new vessel, and if that vessel is compatible enough, they would even regain their full power right?"

Kaguya frowned slightly after hearing this before she replied "Yes, we call it Kama, it modifies the genetic structure of a vessel until it transforms it into that of an Otsutsuki. However, you shouldn't be greedy, removing it once branded on the body is almost impossible, and it's not easy to resist an Otsutsuki member in a soul battle… Not to mention, your body is… weird"

'Oh, so she also noticed my abnormality huh?' Bakorio's eyes narrowed slightly before he smirked and said "Don't worry, I'm confident I can win a battle of souls, and I don't plan to use that power for myself anyways…"

"You… Don't tell me you really plan to steal Isshiki's power…" Kaguya's eyes widened slightly in shock, but Bakorio only responded with a dark smile and said "It will all depend on a certain idiot…"

Flashback ends

Meanwhile, back at Kara's dimension, Mukai and Bakorio stood together and fearlessly stared at Jigen that was approaching them with a dark look on his face as seals quickly covered every part of his body…

"Oy Bakorio, let me deal with this guy… I want to test my current strength and he's going to be a good warm-up" Mukai spoke with a slight grin on his face and started doing some stretches, and curious about his current power, Bakorio nodded slightly and said "Go ahead"

Seeing this, Amado quickly retreated and summoned someone else… the giant Boro…

"Arrogant kids, do you really think you can beat me just because I'm slightly weakened?" Jigen spoke coldly before he disappeared from their view, however, Mukai also disappeared at the same time and a huge clash happened in front of Bakorio before two figures came out of it unscathed…

"Tsk, you actually fully integrated that Dragon bloodline?" Jigen asked coldly while staring at Mukai and he could still feel his right hand shaking slightly after their clash.

"Hmm you are indeed strong" Mukai spoke with a weird smile that annoyed Jigen so he calmly raised his hand and aimed at the two of them.

Then out of nowhere, countless projectiles moving at terrifying speeds came flying at them, However, Bakorio still didn't move at all and simply watched as Mukai closed his third eye and activated his now two Byakugans causing the veins on his face to enlarge as blood started rushing toward them!

Then, Mukai calmly started deflecting Jigen's attacks with his gentle fist! Nobody could match his Taijutsu mastery with one Byakugan, and now... He had two!

'Hmm, he can react to my Daikokuten projectiles huh?' Jigen frowned slightly before he suddenly manifested a giant spear and rushed at Mukai starting a Taijutsu battle…

"How foolish" Bakorio muttered calmly and he also noticed Mukai had a faint smile on his face as he and Jigen started exchanging blows.

Meanwhile, a vast air pressure suddenly came crashing down on him, and when he raised his head, he noticed that the newly arrived Boro disappeared at a terrifying speed and was aiming a kick right at his head

"Hm? What do you think you are doing?" Boro suddenly heard this whisper in his ear and he suddenly noticed that Bakorio wasn't in front of him anymore 'What! he disappeared?'

However, before he could react, Bakorio had already appeared above him and stomped him into the ground…

Boro quickly tried to react by doing hand signs and pushing his hands into the ground "Lava release: Planet-Branding Blast"

Bakorio felt a slight tremor on the ground before it suddenly exploded with yellow acid rushing out of it and aiming to melt him away.

However, Boro suddenly felt a chill as Bakorio simply asked again with an eerie aura surrounding him "I said, what are you doing?" Then suddenly, all of the acid parted in the air as if afraid to touch his body leaving Boro shocked as he thought 'Did he… Did he control my own chakra? How is this possible!'

However, he couldn't contemplate that much as a giant Rasenshuriken slowly formed on Bakorio's hand while his leg manipulated gravity to incapacitate his body…

"Die" Bakorio spoke calmly before he dropped that giant Rasenshuriken right on Boro's head while he himself jumped away so that he doesn't get devoured in its impact, Meanwhile, boro's upper body got shredded into pieces…

'Amazing… He dispatched Boro so easily?' Though Amado who was watching this from a safe distance, or so he thought, but suddenly an eerie voice suddenly echoed in his ears as well like a devil's whisper "What do you think you are doing?"

Amado froze in fear and he couldn't even muster the courage to stare at the person standing behind him, especially when he felt the ominous eerie eyes staring at him like some sort of insect, but he eventually clenched his hands until they bled regaining a bit of control over his body and said "Please hear me out…"

"Oh…"

…

Meanwhile, outside the prison-like structure, Mukai's and Jigen's fight has escalated to unimaginable degrees. The latter was using more and more of his strength despite the damage it was causing to his body, while Mukai's body kept transforming more and more making him resemble a dragon...

'Damn it, it seems like I can't avoid ruining my current vessel if I want to deal with this bastard, his defense is too good' Isshiki frowned slightly as he felt his chakra channels were about to break apart and the life force was quickly escaping him.

'Tsk fine, It seems like I will have to go all out' He thought, however, this distraction caused a terrifying shockwave to smash into him and bury him deep underground sent by none other than Mukai...

"What are you getting distracted for?" Mukai spoke with a wide grin and waited for Jigen to get out. However, he suddenly felt a terrible pressure growing underground, and Bakorio felt it as well so another true clone appeared beside him and said to Amado "We will continue this conversation somewhere else"

Then, he instantly disappeared and appeared beside Mukai who was flying in the air with weird black wings that emerged on his back.

"Be careful, we are about to face a monster" Bakorio spoke with a stern look on his face but Mukai still just shrugged before he said " Aren't we monsters as well?"

Bakorio stared at Mukai's current appearance with slight intrigue before he responded with a smirk "Can't argue with that"

However, a huge pressure suddenly exploded from the ground as Isshiki slowly made his way out, and this time he was almost back to full power as even his appearance morphed into his true one…

He had pale skin, and a long, curving horn that grew from his left brow and wrapped around the back of his skull before jutting outward from his right temple, resembling a crown.

The iris and pupil of his right eye were yellow with a black wheel-like pattern with eight spokes coming out of the center, while his left eye was a Byakugan.

He bore matching tattoos on his chest and back: on his chest was a vertical column of six magatamas or tomoe topped with an emblem resembling a black mallet across his chest, and on his back was a vertical column of six smaller black mallet emblems.

His hair, right eyebrow, and goatee were pale blue trimmed short with unusual alternating zigzag patterns resembling the hair parts worn by other members of his clan, while his fingernails and toenails were painted a deep black.

"Now then, you can only blame yourselves for forcing me into this form" Isshiki suddenly disappeared and before Mukai or Bakorio could react, his punch landed directly on Mukai's stomach and sent him flying down to the ground like a meteor.

Then, he turned to Bakorio and directly sliced his neck off his body...